English Premier League

FT Saturday, December 20, 2025
Arsenal DWLWW 1
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Everton WLWWL 0
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ARS101
EVE000
Hill Dickinson Stadium · 52,513 att. · NBCSN

Match Report

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
4
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
2
1
Saves
0
65.4
Possession
34.6
13
SHOTS
5
2
ON GOAL
1
0.2
On Target %
0.2
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
573
Accurate Passes
250
654
Passes
339
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.7
2
Accurate Crosses
2
12
Crosses
14
0.2
Cross %
0.1
52
Long Balls
61
23
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.4
Long Balls %
0.3
2
Blocked Shots
2
9
Effective Tackles
13
14
Tackles
26
0.6
Tackle %
0.5
7
Interceptions
8
32
Effective Clearances
23
32
Clearances
23

Highlights

01:34 Burley & Nicol slam missed penalty call for Everton vs. Arsenal Watch on ESPN

Head to Head

ARS leads series 3-0-2

Lineups

EVE · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Jordan PickfordG
  2. 5Michael KeaneCD-L
  3. 6James TarkowskiCD-R
  4. 16Vitaliy MykolenkoLB
  5. 15Jake O'BrienRB
  6. 24Charly AlcarazAM
  7. 37James GarnerLM
  8. 42Tim IroegbunamRM
  9. 11Thierno BarryF
  10. 18Jack GrealishAM-L
  11. 7Dwight McNeilAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 12Mark TraversSUB
  2. 20Tyler DiblingSUB
  3. 73Elijah CampbellSUB
  4. 64Reece WelchSUB
  5. 34Merlin RöhlSUB
  6. 31Tom KingSUB
  7. 39Adam AznouSUB
  8. 2Nathan PattersonSUB
  9. 9BetoSUB

ARS · 4-3-3

  1. 1David RayaG
  2. 5Piero HincapiéCD-L
  3. 2William SalibaCD-R
  4. 33Riccardo CalafioriLB
  5. 12Jurriën TimberRB
  6. 36Martín ZubimendiCM
  7. 41Declan RiceLM
  8. 8Martin ØdegaardRM
  9. 14Viktor GyökeresF
  10. 19Leandro TrossardLF
  11. 7Bukayo SakaRF

Substitutes

  1. 16Christian NørgaardSUB
  2. 10Eberechi EzeSUB
  3. 49Myles Lewis-SkellySUB
  4. 23Mikel MerinoSUB
  5. 20Noni MaduekeSUB
  6. 11Gabriel MartinelliSUB
  7. 22Ethan NwaneriSUB
  8. 9Gabriel JesusSUB
  9. 13Kepa ArrizabalagaSUB

Timeline

  1. 26' Vitalii Mykolenko (Everton) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 27' Goal! Everton 0, Arsenal 1. Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  3. 39' James Tarkowski (Everton) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 56' Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 65' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Jesus replaces Viktor Gyökeres.
  6. 66' Substitution, Everton. Beto replaces Thierno Barry.
  7. 75' Substitution, Everton. Tyler Dibling replaces Dwight McNeil.
  8. 75' Substitution, Everton. Merlin Röhl replaces Charly Alcaraz.
  9. 80' Substitution, Arsenal. Gabriel Martinelli replaces Leandro Trossard.
  10. 88' Substitution, Arsenal. Mikel Merino replaces Martin Ødegaard.
  11. 89' Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.

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